Freshwater Mussels
Endangered, Threatened, Proposed, and Candidates

 

Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System

 

Clubshell(Pleurobema clava)

Clubshell Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet
Species Account
Final Rule: Determination of Endangered Status for the Northern Riffleshell Mussel (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana) and the Clubshell Mussel (Pleurobema clava) - January 22, 1993

 

Clubshell Recovery

Environmental Assessment for Clubshell and Northern Riffleshell Augmentation in Illinois - Public Comment Period July 8, 2008 through August 8, 2008

 

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restoring Southeast Michigan’s High Diversity Landscapes Through Collaborative Stewardship – Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Oakland, and Washtenaw Counties, Michigan

 

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Reforestation and Wetland Restoration for Permanent Native Habitat in the St. Joseph River Watershed – Hillsdale County, Michigan; Defiance and Williams Counties, Ohio; Allen, Dekalb, and Noble Counties, Indiana – ($45,000*)

 

Non-tradtional S6 Grant (May 2007): Land Acquisition Initiative Along the Little Darby Creek State and National Scenic River to Aid in the Recovery of Clubshell and Northern Riffleshell (Madison County, OH): $247,395

 

Section 6 funded project (2006): Biology, Propagation, and Reintroduction of Northern Riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana) and Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)

 

Cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata)

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet

 

Recovery

Recovery Plan

 

Curtis' pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina curtisi)

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet

Species' Profile linked to National USFWS Endangered Species website

 

Recovery

5 Year Review Initiated September 21, 2006

 

Best Management Practices for the Curtis' Pearlymussel (Missouri Department of Conservation) - PDF

 

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)

Fact sheet

 

Fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax)

Fact sheet

 

Higgins eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii)

Higgins eye pearlymussel web page

 

Mussels

America's Mussels:  Silent Sentinals

Mussels of the St. Croix River

 

Mussels of the Ohio River

 

The Zebra Mussel Threat

 

Neosho mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana)

Neosho Mucket Candidate Form (PDF)

 

Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)

Natural History, Ecology, and Regulatory Information

Fact sheet

 

Final Rule: Determination of Endangered Status for the Northern Riffleshell Mussel (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana) and the Clubshell Mussel (Pleurobema clava) - January 22, 1993

 

Species Profile (link goes to the USFWS national website)

 

Recovery

Environmental Assessment for Clubshell and Northern Riffleshell Augmentation in Illinois - Public Comment Period July 8, 2008 through August 8, 2008

 

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Reforestation and Wetland Restoration for Permanent Native Habitat in the St. Joseph River Watershed – Hillsdale County, Michigan; Defiance and Williams Counties, Ohio; Allen, Dekalb, and Noble Counties, Indiana – ($45,000*)

 

Non-traditional S6 Grant (May 2007): Land Acquisition Initiative Along the Little Darby Creek State and National Scenic River to Aid in the Recovery of Clubshell and Northern Riffleshell (Madison County, OH): $247,395

 

Section 6 funded project (2006): Biology, Propagation, and Reintroduction of Northern Riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana) and Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)

 

Orange-footed pearlymussel (=pimple back) (Plethobasus cooperianus (p. striatus))

Fact sheet

 

Pink mucket pearlymussel (Lampsilis orbiculata (=l. abrupta))

Fact sheet

 

Life History Information (links goes to FWS National Endangered Species website)

 

Purple cat's paw pearlymussel (Epioblasma (=l. dysnomia) obliquata obliquata)

Fact sheet

 

USFWS Reynoldsburg Ohio Field Office's Fact Sheet

 

Ring pink (=golf stick pearly) (Obovaria retusa)

Fact sheet

 

Rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum)

Fact sheet

 

Scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon)

Recovery Plan

News Release: Draft Plan Outlines Steps to Help Rare Freshwater Mussel August 6, 2004

 

Federal Register Notice of Availability of the Draft Recovery Plan for the Scaleshell Mussel for PUblic Review and Comment: August 6, 2004 (PDF)

 

Scaleshell Mussel Draft Recovery Plan (PDF)

 

General Information

Fact Sheet

 

Species Profile (links to our national endangered species website)

 

Status Assessment Summary

 

Status Assessment (.pdf file 173K)

 

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Tubercled-blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)

Fact sheet

 

White cat's paw pearlymussel (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua)

Fact sheet

 

Recovery

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Reforestation and Wetland Restoration for Permanent Native Habitat in the St. Joseph River Watershed – Hillsdale County, Michigan; Defiance and Williams Counties, Ohio; Allen, Dekalb, and Noble Counties, Indiana – ($45,000*)

 

White wartyback pearlymussel (Plethobasus cicatricosus)

Fact sheet

 

Winged maple leaf (Quadrula fragosa)

Fact sheet

 

Fact sheet: Upper Mississippi River Section 7 Consultation

 

Recovery Plan (pdf file; 359 pages)

 

Mussels of the St. Croix River

 

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